The keyboard and mouse or trackpad that came with your Mac. If they aren’t available, use a USB keyboard and mouse.

If you're installing Windows 7 64-bit or 32-bit, you also need a 16GB or larger USB storage device or drive formatted as MS-DOS (FAT) to install Windows Support software (drivers).

Newer Mac computers require newer versions of Windows. Mac computers using macOS Sierra 10.12 and later support new installations of Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7 only. If you don't see your Mac listed in the compatibility tables, refer to these articles instead:

Prepare to install Windows 7

Check the compatibility tables to see if your Mac works with Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate (Boot Camp 4 or 5.1). Then choose installation instructions for version 4 or version 5 of Windows Support Software.

Follow these steps if you downloaded version 5 of Windows Support Software

Use the compatibility tables to make sure you have a Mac that supports the version of Windows you're installing.

If your copy of Windows came on a DVD, you might need to create a disk image of it to work with Boot Camp.

Connect a 16GB or larger USB flash drive that you can erase. Leave this flash drive connected to your Mac until Windows installation is finished.

Open Boot Camp Assistant from the Utilities folder (or use Spotlight to find it) and click Continue.

Select only the options to create a Windows install disk and to download the latest Windows support software from Apple. Then click Continue.

Insert your Windows install disc if you haven't done so already, or choose your Windows installation ISO, then click Continue. Boot Camp erases your USB flash drive and prepares it for Windows installation. When you see "Download Support Software for Windows 7", close the Boot Camp Assistant window to quit the app.

Use the compatibility tables to find the Windows support software (drivers) that you need for the version of Windows and the Mac that you're using.

Click the link in the table to download the related software.

After the file downloads, double-click it in the Finder to decompress (unzip) it.

Open the resulting folder. Locate the following files in this folder and drag them to your USB Flash drive. When prompted if you want to replace the existing items on the flash drive, click Yes:

Windows Support Software versions available by Mac model

Depending on which Mac you have, you can install Windows 7 in 64-bit or 32-bit version. If you don't know which Mac you have, choose About This Mac from the Apple menu. Then find your Mac in the tables below and click a download link next to it.

A 4 or 5 links to a manual download for the related version of the Windows Support Software (drivers) that you need to install Windows 7 on your Mac.

A dash (–) means that this version of Windows 7 isn't supported on this Mac.

If you don't see your newer Mac listed below, refer to these articles instead:

Mac Pro

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